Eirikur Bergmann

According to Web of Science, Eirikur Bergmann is author and co-author of two peer-reviewed articles published on international academic journals, namely Iceland: A postimperial sovereignty project published by Cooperation and Conflict in 2014, and A critique of neo-mercantilist analyses of Icelandic political economy and crisis which appeared in Capital & Class in 2015.

Bergmann was elected in 2010 to Iceland's Constitutional Assembly and subsequently served in 2011 as one of the 25 members of the Constitutional Council, part of the 2010–2013 reform of Iceland's constitution.

Bergmann has researched European Integration and Iceland's political economy, especially in relations to the Crash of 2008, its prelude and aftermath. His most recent explorations have been into Nationalism, Populism and Conspiracy Theories in contemporary European politics. Bergmann has participated in two EU funded COST-network actions related to those topics; Populist Political Communication in Europe (2014 – 2018) and; Comparative Analysis of Conspiracy Theories (2016-2020). Bergmann has furthermore contributed to studies of Deliberative Democracy. He is member of the COST network, Constitution-making and Deliberative Democracy (2018-2020).

Eirikur Bergmann is Professor of Politics and Director of the Centre for European Studies at Bifröst University. He was awarded Cand.Sci.Pol degree from Copenhagen University in 1998 and Ph.D. in Political Science from University of Iceland in 2009. Bergmann has been a visiting fellow at many academic institutions, including Visiting Professor in the Faculty of Social Science at the University of Ljubljana in Slovenia.

Eirikur Bergmann (Eiríkur Bergmann Einarsson) (born 6 February 1969) is an Icelandic academic and writer. He is author of eight academic books and three novels.

Eirikur Bergmann was born in Reykjavík in 1969 and studied political science at the University of Iceland and Copenhagen University.